Newmarket Celtic B 2-1 Coole FC
In April of last year, a Monty Mulqueen penalty against Coole clinched the First Division title for Newmarket Celtic B in Gort.
In April of this year, two Monty Mulqueen penalties against Coole put the B Team back on top of the First Division with three games to play.
The side started very well and the game was just a few minutes old when a goal bound header was palmed away from the net by a Coole defender.
It was far from a valentine's card that the referee presented to him but it did end up with him heading for a bubble bath.
Monty rifled home the penalty to give the B Team the lead. Captain Eoin Kelly celebrated by showcasing some of what he's learned in his new ballet class. He demonstrated great technique wth pulled up knees, fully pointed toes, strong turnout, clean positions and a juicy plié.
Coole responded well to going down a goal and a man. They upped the intensity and credit must go to their 10 remaining players who gave Newmarket plenty to think about.
Local political activist Brian Tierney was forced into a save on more than one occasion before Coole finally got level in the second half.
The milkman and Callum McNamara were introduced to try and spark some life into the side and it looked like it would have an immediate impact.
The milkman fired a shot off the underside of the crossbar but it bounced down and away from the goal despite protests that the ball had crossed the line. VAR later revealed that the ball had in fact not crossed the line.
In the 82nd minute, the shiny red card of death was out of the referee's pocket once more when Ciaran McCoy was bundled over on the goal line and Coole were down to nine.
Once more, it was Monty who took over the duty and he clinched the three points for the B(e seeing you) Team.
Coole nearly got level immediately from the kick off with an audacious effort from the half way line but new Quinno managed to get back and gather it.
After the game, Brendan Harkin and Kieran Ryan joined the reporters in the mixed zone to give their reaction to the game.
"Pints. Pints. Pints. Pints. Pints. Pints. Pints?," commented Harkin before Mark O'Malley put him back into his straight jacket and wheeled him down to Johnny Collins.
Noddy added: "To put it in gentleman's terms, if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, you've done what you set out to do. We didn't look our best today but we pulled. Some weeks the lady is good looking and some weeks she's not. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She may not have been the best looking lady we ended up taking home but it was still very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much and let's have a pint."
Newmarket Celtic B: Brian Tierney; Jamie Cronin, Eoin Kelly, Paudie Hayes, John Hartnett; Danny Conway, Conor Ryan, Monty Mulqueen, Gavin Cusack, Kieran Crosbini, Ciaran McCoy. Subs: Callum McNamara, Conor McCarthy.